Publish a compelling post on hackernews showing value with a hook in post title. Aim to reach HN front page for massive traffic and backlink spike.
This Growth Strategy is used by LangFast.
A brief about LangFast
Langfast is a prompt-testing platform for AI developers that offers instant access to LLMs, side-by-side prompt editing, no API key setup, and team collaboration.
How LangFast used this Growth Strategy
- The founder of Langfast decided to post on Hackernews to vaildate his product idea and check if other people would be interested in it
- So he posted his SaaS on Hackernews without any landing page or payments. People could just visit the website and try out Langfast.
- Hackernews got him 6,000+ visits, 200 users who tried it and 80 new signups
- Since his hackernews post got a good number of upvotes, his product also got featured by multiple blogs and newsletters that served as free promotion
